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2008 CORR Schedule |
April 26-27 - Pomona, CA
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May 17-18 - Primm, NV
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| June 7-8 - Pomona, CA |
| July 26-27 - Chula Vista, CA |
| Aug. 16-17 - Pomona, CA |
| Sept. 13-14 - Chula Vista, CA |
Oct. 25-26 - Primm, NV - cancelled |
| Dec. 6-7 - Chula Vista, CA |
2008 WSORR Schedule |
May 31-June 1
Lucas Oil Speedway
Wheatland, MO |
June 21-22
Crandon Raceway
Crandon, WI |
July 12-13
U.P. 100 Raceway
Bark River, MI |
July 26-27
Sunny View Raceway
Oshkosh, WI |
Aug. 9-10
U.P. 100 Raceway
Bark River, MI |
Aug. 29-31
Crandon Raceway
Crandon, WI |
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Antelope Valley Fairgrounds
Round 1 & 2
Friday - As I was qualifying for round
1, I rounded the last corner of the first lap and put the truck
up on one wheel. I nearly rolled over, but made a great save. I
finished the qualifying round, but the time was only good enough
for 6th position.
After qualifying, Mark Hansen from Vehicle Dymanix came over to
make some adjustments to the race truck.
Saturday - The green flag fell, and
with the lamaze style start, the season began. Rounding corner 1,
Rick Johnson spins out in the Baldwin truck as a result of contact
with another vehicle. As I was racing past him, I was sandwiched
between the spun race truck and the other truck. Contact was made
resulting in a tore rear axle, damaged rear shocks, trailing arms
and drive shaft. Jason at Tube Works took the rear end to his shop
to straighten for the next round of racing on Sunday. My crew pulled
an all-night repair session on the truck.
Sunday - 14 trucks took the green
flag in round 2. Within three laps I moved from ninth in the lineup
to fourth place. After a full course yellow flag on lap 8, the racing
resumed. It took 6 more laps of battle to secure the fourth spot
before the checkered flag waved.
Race 2 Sunday was the pro 2 event of the Jason Baldwin Memorial
Cup qualifying race. Pro 2 and pro 4 trucks race for points separately,
accumulating at each event. At the season finale, the two classes
will race together for a winner take all $66,000.
The green flag dropped and by lap 8 I had worked into 5th spot,
but shortly after the mandatory yellow flag lap, the power steering
belt broke, forcing me to the sidelines.
A special thanks goes out to Jason at Tubeworks, Mark Hansen of
Vehicle Dynamix, Jeremy Meyer and Kevin Dinwiddie from Amsoil. Kevin
gave the team a wealth of knowledge, providing technical support
for the our testing efforts a few days prior to the event.
The next CORR race will be in Pomona, CA., on May 19-20. The first
event of the World Series of Off-Road (WSORR) will be on the same
weekend. Dan Jr. in his Amsoil/Kumho Nissan Frontier Pro-Lite and
Mike in his Light Buggy will be carrying the Flying Dutchman Off-Road
colors in Owatonna, MN.
Always Racing,
The Flying Dutchman
Dan Vanden Heuvel
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